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Justinian I · The Digest of Justinian §48.6.1.pr

Illegal Gathering of Arms and Lawful Possession under the Lex Julia

Passage 8220 of 9271 · Latin

Summary

It stipulates under the Lex Julia on public violence that collecting arms in one's private property is illegal and subject to liability, unless intended for legitimate purposes such as hunting, travel, or navigation.

[MARCIANUS libro quarto decimo institutionum. ] §48.6.1.prLege Iulia de ui publica tenetur, qui arma tela domi suae agroue inue uilla praeter usum uenationis uel itineris uel nauigationis coegerit.
[MARCIANUS, Institutes, Book 14] Under the Lex Julia on public violence, anyone who collects arms or weapons in his home, field, or villa, except for the purpose of hunting, travel, or navigation, is held liable.

Notes

  1. §48.6.1.prLege Iulia de ui publica — The ablative 'lege' acts as an ablative of means or cause modifying the passive verb 'tenetur' (is held liable). The prepositional phrase 'de ui publica' (concerning public violence) specifies the name of the statute.
  2. §48.6.1.prdomi suae agroue inue uilla — Expressions of place. 'domi suae' is in the locative case. On the other hand, 'agroue' and 'inue uilla' are ablatives (agro, uilla) governed by the preposition 'in' with the enclitic conjunction '-ue' (or) attached to them (agro-ue in-ue uilla).
  3. §48.6.1.prcoegerit — The verb in the relative clause introduced by 'qui'. It is either the perfect subjunctive active or the future perfect indicative active of 'cogo' (to collect), used in a general relative clause denoting a hypothetical class of persons ('whoever collects').

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Justinian I, The Digest of Justinian §48.6.1.pr. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:latinLit:phi2806.phi002.humanitext-lat1:48.6.1.pr

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